Shine

...the alchemy of a heart poisoned by an elixir of broken promises...bittersweet taste...passing lips...words crucified on the ego's cross of contradiction...eclipsed by the shadow of anothers deception...but only from the light of the Sun...for your true light shines from within...and there in the silence...the voice of your soul cries: seek the light within...

...for I have witnessed the refuge you seek in mine...but it is the light of your own soul that is reflecting from the compassion that you see in mine...shine...seek not to vanquish the light that is vaulted by your anguish...shine my friend...shine...your light is like the morning sunrise...like the dawn of a new day...

...in honour of being you and daring to be who you are...wounds and scars...the sun...moon and stars...

(c) Richard Barrett 2008